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...Instead of a Shia LaBeouf or a Christian Bale, 9 gives us nine puppet-like dolls as stand-ins for humanity, manufactured by the same scientist whose invention of a giant "brain" machine lead to the ruin of man. The filmmakers refer to these as "stitchpunk creations," but in the interest of plain English, we're opting for the term doll. Hand-stitched from either burlap or canvas, the dolls have smooth, rounded heads and protuberant eyes; they look like early aviators. They are both homespun and spooky, like the kind of child's toy that might be purchased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Movie 9, Technology Ruins the World ... Again | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...leading the body to appear externally female. "I cannot comment on the gender test as I am not a doctor, but the incident surely robbed India of a world-class athlete," says P. Nagarajan, her coach, who recruited her in high school. "An incident like this is enough to ruin a girl's life - and it did ruin her life and career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gender and Athletics: India's Own Caster Semenya | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...been advising McChrystal, mentioned Vietnam in their remarks to an audience at the Brookings Institution last week. That's a ghost that strikes fear into the heart of many Democrats, who fear Obama may be treading down the same path in Afghanistan that President Johnson followed to political ruin - for him and his party - in Vietnam. "What I found, being in Afghanistan, was all too familiar of problems not only in Iraq but in Vietnam years ago," Cordesman said. "We take the insurgency, and we define it in terms of tactical clashes rather than areas of influence." The Taliban...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Point Looms for the U.S. in Afghanistan | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Opel to Canadian partsmaker Magna International Inc. - or anyone else, for that matter - a flip side to GM's indecision has emerged. Why would Magna want Opel when acquisition of the bankrupt European carmaker could jeopardize billions of dollars in business with existing customers - and possibly lead to its ruin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM's Sale of Opel: Second Thoughts for Magna? | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...about our naturally thin lips or un-home-runny arms is nothing more than a silly, momentary discomfort with technology improving our bodies, which will go away when these procedures are cheaper and safer. I for one will proudly take steroids when they finally make ones that don't ruin your health, necessitate a shot, or require you to keep going to the gym after taking them. I pretty much stopped caring what I looked like once I got married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheating: It's All-American — And It's Great! | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

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